Metal clothes-pin.



H. A. REPSCHLAEGER.

METAL CLOTHES PIN.

APPUcATloN FILED 0cT.20,19x5.

l 1l 96,5@5 Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

HERMAN A. REPSCI-ILAEGER, OF BANCROFT, NEBRASKA.

METAL CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of vLetters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, i916.

Application filed October 20, 1915. Serial No. 56,872.

To all w/Lom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN A. REP- scHLAnGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing` at Bancroft, in the county of Cuming, State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MetalClothes-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pins, and particularlyto av blank for forming the aws of said pins.

One object of the present invention is to provide an extremely simpleand cheap jaw member for a metal clothes pin, and one which can bemanufactured with the minimum of labor and time.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure l is a side elevation of my improved clothes pin;Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; and Fig. 8 is a transverse section onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4L is a plan view of the blank fromwhich one of the pivoted members is made.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a pairof members formed preferably of sheet metal and cach being formedintermediate its ends Awith the oppositely extending and angularlydirected ears l1 as clearly sho-wn in Fig. 4. The pair of ears of one ofthe members are disposed between the pair of ears of the other membersand are suitably perforated to receive a pivot pin l2 therethrough,whereby the two members are pivotally connected together. On theopposite longer edges of the member l0 are formed the wings 13 which areadapted to be bent at right angles to the body of the member to formreinforcing flanges as seen in Figs. l, 2 and 3. At the other end of themember is formed a finger piece 14.

As clearly seen in Fig. a, the fold lines of the tabs ll are offsetinwardly of the adjacent ends of the fold lines o-f the wings. Both ofthese fold lines are dotted in Fig. a.

Engaged around the intermediate portion of the pivot pin when thefinished device is assembled are the coils of a spring 16, the ends ofwhich are respectively engaged against the inner faces of the fingerpieces and exert outward pressure thereon to normally hold the oppositeends or jaws in engagement with each other.

What is claimed is:

A blank for forming the jaw of a clothes pin comprising a rectangularbody, longitudinally extending wings formed on the sides of the body anddefined therefrom by fold lines, the body being extended at one end toform an enlarged head, a neck connecting the body and head and formedwith parallel incisions extending inward from opposite sides in pairsand beyond the said fold lines to define tabs formed with openings, saidtabs being further defined by fold lines extending beyond the first foldlines but offset inwardly therefrom.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HERMAN A. REPSCHLAEGER.

Vitnesses:

G. L. REBHAUSEN, W. J. MEYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

